I've just started listening to some latin jazz artists and it's probably one of the few musical genres i know very little about and theres very little in terms of resources online. Anyone out there schooled in this area and can give me any recommendations of where to start?

http://loronix.blogspot.com is a good Brazilian-based site to explore. I've collected Brazilian jazz through the years, but honestly couldn't specificly point out the essential ones in this expanded genre.